15 years of “blogging so you don’t have to”. I had “borrowed” that slogan off another contemporary blogger: Ze Frank – who went on to do bigger things with the net (just in 2005, he was featured in Time Magazine’s “50 Coolest...

Ahora tienen suerte los que nunca tienen suerte Y los que murieron podrán evitar la muerte Las cartas me hablan de lo lindo y de lo feo Tus manos las leo y te cuento lo que veo Estan son mis predicciones pa’ que no nos tropecemos El futuro es nuestro cuando ya lo conocemos En el...

So You Want To Be A Writer – Charles Bukowski if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if you have to sit for hours staring at your...

March 2005. There was a lot of pope about the internet then. Mugabe’s presence at some ceremony got pride of place in the blog commentary though there was no mispronunciation of the word “caso” to set the social media alight. Did I say social media? In March 2005 youtube.com was barely a...

Illejla għaddej skambju ħelu bejn iż-żewġ partiti. Il-kelma ġġib hekk. jien nibqa konvint li kampanja elettorali bħal din tiswa mitqla deheb għal min janalizza il-filosofija tal-kelma u l-komunikazzjoni – altro che Abelard. Fil-bidu tad-disgħijnijiet l-intellettwali tal-PN (jew...

Hemm rokna f’Paceville fejn bosta jaħilfu li raw l-aħħar tad-dinja. M’hijiex eżattament l-istess tip ta’ rokna bħal dik ta’ Adams fejn wieħed seta jitpaxxa bil-bidu u tmiem l-univers ad eternum waqt li jordna steak biċ-ċips fir-ristorant f’tarf l-univers....

F’Awwissu tiskadili il-karta tal-identita. Kont qed intella u nniżżel għandix inġeddida. Kulltant itik li tieqaf ftit. Hemm bżonn. Ħalli kif ngħidu aħna z-zingari “issorbixxi” aħjar dak li qed jiġri . Ovvja li jekk titkellem ma tistax tisma’, jekk tlissen ma...

Tonight between 4 and 6 a.m. the better half and I will be taking part in the Luxembourg Rally for Life (Relais pour la vie) that is being held to collect funds for cancer research as well as to express solidarity with persons who are concerned by the Big C. We were roped into this idea by a...

Here’s an old style diary-blog and it’s all dedicated to a cat. This blog had kicked off at a time when another cat was around. J’accuse can proudly announce the arrival of a new feline in the household. The wife needed someone to depend on when facing the myriad dangers of...